Super Moist Irish Soda Bread Recipe

An Amazing and Moist Recipe that is super quick!

A very long time ago I used to work with a lovely Irish woman who was a teacher. We worked together in a Pre-K. She decided that we were going to make Irish Soda Bread with the children one day for St. Patrick's Day. I have had this recipe ever since because this recipe BLEW ME AWAY!!! I was never really a fan of Irish Soda Bread because it always seemed dry and you needed to slather it with butter to overcome the dryness. Now I, like most others adore butter, however don't really want to slather it on something to make it less dry, but rather to enhance the flavor.

After we made this recipe I was hooked! First off, it was super easy. You basically just combine the ingredients, mix and then bake. Second, it is good all on its own! Yup, that's right, no butter needed! Of course butter will just make it taste that much better, if you desire. However, it really isn't needed. This is a great recipe to make with kids because it is super easy. Just measure, mix, bake and enjoy. This is a perfect side to go with your delicious corned beef and cabbage dinner for St. Patrick's Day, I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Tell me what you think! If you tried it please rate it...

Rate Me!

3.5 stars from 303 ratings of Irish Soda Bread

Ingredients

4 cups flour

1 cup sugar

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/4 cup buttermilk

2 eggs

1 cup raisins

1 sick butter, melted

sugar to sprinkle on top

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Measure all ingredients and place into a large bowl.

Spray a round baking pan (8" or 9" will do). (If you don't have one you can just shape the dough on a cookie sheet.)

Place the dough into the pan.

Sprinkle the top with sugar.

Place into the preheated oven and bake for approximately 1 hour. Insert a toothpick or cake tester into the center to check to see if it is done. The toothpick should come out clean with no dough on it.

Add all ingredients to the bowl

Mix the dough until combined

Place dough in pan and sprinkle with sugar

Bake at 350 degrees for approximately one hour

Tips and Tricks:

If you don't have buttermilk at home you can substitute the following for each cup of buttermilk:

Comments

No HTML is allowed in comments, but URLs will be hyperlinked. Comments are not for promoting your articles or other sites.

sending

Roger

6 weeks ago

Brought it to a dinner. Disappeared rather quickly.

Darlene

2 months ago

Nothing but raves from the crowd!

Followed the recipe to a “T” and it was fabulous.

Not at all dry, moist with great flavor.

Mmmm Mmmm Good!

Michele

2 months ago

Turned out great. I soaked the raisins over night to plump them. I also Cut a cross into the top

Michele

2 months ago

This was the first time I ever made an Irish Soda Bread and I chose your recipe. It came out absolutely delicious and I will be making every St. Patrick’s day and sharing with my family and friends! Thank you!!!

Diane

2 months ago

I found that using the round pan by the time the center was cooked the outside was overdone, Sooooo I experimented using an angel food pan...……..Did the trick!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stacy

2 months ago

I don't know why American bakeries insist on making Soda bread so HORRIBLY dry!

Definitely not the way it is in Ireland. I wish friends that have come to US and sampled it out somewhere definitely say it's not how the soda bread in Ireland is made. They asked me WHY it's so dry here.... answer....Good question!?

It's not supposed to be like a cake but should be soft like our fresh baked breads!

Ann

2 months ago

This has been my "go to" recipe for 3 years now! It's the moistest recipe I have tried (shhhh don't tell my Irish Nana) I make two batches. One without raisins and the other with dried cranberries for an extra sweetness and because my family doesn't really like raisins. Thank you for sharing and looking forward to baking this next week for St. Patty's Day!!

AUTHOR

savenlives

7 months ago

Great suggestions! Thank you! I also discovered the powdered buttermilk, it is great for when it is hard to find in stores!

Paddy

7 months agofrom Colorado

Learn to use the powdered buttermilk . One can use it in chocolate cake recipes to keep them moist and not so dry . Use to use it in my wedding cakes. Also do not trust the temp gauge on your oven . Buy a separate oven thermometer to keep your temp. correct ; not to hot or cold .

Kathy luettke

13 months ago

Tried the moist Irish soda bread for St. Patrick's day party. It was wonderful, got rave reviews. Though I did make the distinction between soda bread and this recipe, moist bread falls under tea cake category. But it was really nice. Thanks for a good recipe to make and share.

Kristina

14 months ago

This was a rock! Crap!

Nic

2 years ago

Any idea on baking time for muffin version?

Maggie

2 years ago

Best Irish Soda bread I have ever made. Perfect recipe!

AUTHOR

savenlives

2 years ago

Elsie, yes I just mix the ingredients with a wooden spoon. I don't use a mixer. Enjoy!

Eileen

2 years ago

Best Irish Bread that I have ever had!

Elsie

2 years ago

Do you mix ingredients with wooden spoon or mixer

KB

2 years ago

For someone who is not a seasoned baker some more detailed directions would be very helpful.

Connect with us

This website uses cookies

As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, delishably.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.

This is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy)

Google AdSense Host API

This service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)

This is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)

Facebook Login

You can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)

Maven

This supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy)

We may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites.

Conversion Tracking Pixels

We may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service.

Statistics

Author Google Analytics

This is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy)

Comscore

ComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy)

Amazon Tracking Pixel

Some articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy)